Vocabulary
t
Informal spelling of t'es
pas
The most common adverb of negation in French, typically translating into English as not, don't, doesn't, etc.; used as an intensifier in underlying rhetorical questions, mostly with voilà
Adverb
liberté
liberty, freedom. 1688, Guy Miège, The Great French Dictionary. "Qu'y a-t-il de plus doux dans ce monde que la liberté? What is there sweeter in this world than liberty?"
Noun
avancer
to advance, to go forward; to progress; to bring forward, to advance; to propose, to put forward; to move towards, to go up to, to approach; to help out somebody by lending them money for a short time (for example because they don't have any cash and the store doesn't take bank cards), to tide someone over
Verb
yaourt
yoghurt; a song where the singer makes up the words as they're singing, either as dummy lyrics as part of the songwriting process, or because the singer doesn't know the real lyrics of an existing song; used primarily with a verb: chanter en yaourt
Noun
perche
perch (type of fish); pole; pole-vaulting; pole; T-bar; boom (for microphone etc.); perch (for birds); rod (unit of length); probe
Noun
débardeur
docker, longshoreman; haulier (of logs etc); traditional character of the Paris Carnival; sleeveless T-shirt, tank top
Noun
entreprenant
enterprising; forward, bold, daring; handsy (who doesn't hesitate in making sexual advances)
Adjective
VITE
FAST, FASTER: acronym of visage, incapacité, trouble de la parole, extrême urgence (face, incapacity, speech problems, extreme emergency): A mnemonic for diagnosing a cerebrovascular accident (“CVA”) or stroke; the mnemonic V-I-T-E also was coined in recognition of the word vite (“quickly”), as a need for speedy diagnosis and treatment
Phrase
JPP
initialism of j'en peux plus, meaning something like "I can't take it anymore", "I'm over it", or "I'm dying of laughter"
Phrase
incollable
unstumpable (who can't be caught off guard, who can't be caught out, who knows everything there is to know about something, very knowledgeable on a topic); easy-cook
Adjective
pataquès
intrusive s, intrusive t (a type of speech error whereby a word-final /t/ or /s/ is pronounced for euphony, though it is not part of the word's spelling); malapropism; jumble, muddle
Noun
ne pas être de refus
to be something to which one wouldn't say no, to be something that one wouldn't mind, to be most welcome
Verb
très peu pour moi
not for me! no thanks! no thank you! it's not my thing! it's not my cup of tea! I really don't like it! I'm not interested at all!
Interjection
cuisine interne
in-house arrangements, house rules; inner workings; internal affairs (things that are part of the running of an organization and don't concern the public)
Noun
parler en l'air
to waste one's breath (to speak without being listened to); to blow smoke; to talk through one's hat (to speak about issues one doesn't understand)
Verb
je t'en prie
I beg you, please; go ahead, please, help yourself (response to being asked permission, e.g. to come in, to pass someone, to start eating); you're welcome, don't mention it (familiar, in response to a thank you)
Phrase
trouver
to find; to retrieve something lost, turn up something hidden, or encounter something previously unknown to one; to find (something to be the case); to think or consider (something to be so); to find oneself (at a place or in a situation); to be found, to be situated, to be; to be the case, to turn out (that)
Verb
toi
you (informal second-person singular personal pronoun, disjunctive); yourself (reflexive object pronoun of imperative verbs)
Pronoun
tenir
to have; to hold; to keep; to stay; to hold; to hold on; to hold oneself, to be standing; to maintain, remain in a certain position or disposition; to behave; to be attached (to), to be fond (of), to hold dear; to hold dear, to be keen (about), to insist (upon); to consider (something); …
Verb